| Towards a new generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs | 2021 | Final report of the global Expert Group Meeting “Towards a new generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs” held 23 and 24 February 2021, organized by UN-Habitat, UCLG and the support of Madrid City Council (Spain). |
| The Role of Public Spaces for COVID-19 Response in Refugee Settlements: A study of Kakuma-Kalobeyei, Turkana County, Kenya | 2021 | In Kakuma-Kalobeyei, northern Kenya, streets, public spaces and shared public facilities have played a critical role in supporting host and refugee communities in their day-to-day activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several gaps in public spaces in Kakuma-Kalobeyei which need to be addressed in the short-, medium- and long-term. |
| Guide for Mainstreaming Housing in Lebanon’s National Urban Policy | 2021 | Access to affordable, adequate and secure housing presents a major challenge in Lebanon, especially in big urban centres. The housing sector is characterized by a persistent housing–income disconnect and supply–demand mismatch. Besides long-standing issues, the sector’s challenges have also exacerbated due to the multiple crises facing the country – protracted Syrian refugee crisis, 2020 Beirut Port explosion, and socioeconomic crisis. |
| Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for Ghana under the Adaptation Fund Project “Improved Resilience of Coastal Communities in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana”. | 2021 | Under the thematic area of “Disaster risk reduction and early warning systems” from the Adaptation Fund, the project Improved Resilience of Coastal Communities in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana aims at increasing resilience to climate change and human-induced hazards. More concretely, resilience to coastal erosion and coastal flooding. |
| UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – March 2021 | 2021 | UN-Habitat Iraq March Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics. |
| Spotlight on UN-Habitat Lebanon’s Work (2019 – 2021) | 2021 | Since 2006, UN-Habitat in Lebanon has focused on responding to successive crises that the country has witnessed, including: The war of July 2006, The Syrian refugee crisis, COVID-19, the Beirut Port explosion, and the current socio-economic crisis. In a country that is close to 90% urban by population, hosting 1.5+ million refugees – UN-Habitat also focuses on implementing effective, area-based, multi-sectoral humanitarian-development nexus response, while laying the foundation for lo |
| International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning: Report 2018-2020 – Implementing the International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning 2018-2020 | 2021 | The report covers the second biennium of implementation of the Guidelines and builds upon the results of the Global Survey on Urban and Territorial Planning formulated by UN-Habitat in September 2019, and upon case studies, regular newsletters, online sources, and partner websites advocating for the guidelines. It is a compilation of exercises and finding in using the Guidelines, to track the adoption and use among Member States and partners. |
| Coastal Cities of the Western Indian Ocean Region and the Blue Economy: City Case study - Dar es Salaam | 2021 | Commissioned by WIOMSA and UN Habitat and produced by Arup, this report offers knowledge resources for city and national government stakeholders, WIOMSA, UN Habitat, private sector and civil society. This case study provides specific blue economy recommendations for Dar es Salaam focusing on strategic and operational opportunities for the city and its blue economy stakeholders, informed by primary and secondary research. |
| Urban-LEDS II Newsletter, February 2021 | 2021 | |
| Workshop Report: Entry Points Towards Healthier Urban Environments | 2021 | Report on UN-Habitat pre-conference workshop conducted in line with Caribbean Urban Forum on using the asset-based approach for integrating health in urban and territorial planning. |